Entries from June 2011

Clara Mae Sorrow Scoggin, 83, died Saturday, June 25, 2011. She loved dearly and was dearly loved by all who knew her. Survivors include a son, Jeff Scoggin; sister, Lillian Strickland; and several nieces and nephews. A remembrance will be held Wednesday, June 29, at the home of Lillian Strickland at 2441 Diamond Hill Colbert Rd. in Colbert. In ...
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CARLTON - Lavinia Parham, 74, died Saturday, June 25, 2011. Born in Lavonia, she was the daughter of the late John and Mirtie Dove. She was retired from Busy Box Day Care and was a member of Rogers Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Billy Parham; son, Mark (Tammy) Parham; daughter, Linda (Terry) Kidd; grandchildren, Duane Parham, ...
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By Dallas Bordon “Are you ready for some football?” is the question country music legend Hank Williams Junior asks in his song leading up to Monday night football. It’s only mid-June and I’m ready for the start of college football. At this time of the year some of my friends that wear the red and black of Georgia ask this one question ...
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A customer allegedly attacked a clerk at Jai’s Country Corner on Hwy. 106 when she refused to sell him alcohol without a driver’s license. The man allegedly tried to pull her over the counter, then took off his belt and ordered her to give him all the money from the register. When she told him she was calling 9-1-1 he allegedly fled, ...
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The Barrow County Board of Education will discuss before-and-after-school childcare programs at its regular work meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 179 W. Athens St. in Winder. Other new business to be discussed by the board includes: • a $15,000 bid for interactive board technology for the Barrow County College and Career Preparatory Academy ...
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COMER – Powell Douglas Conwell Sr., 84, died Sunday, June 26, 2011, at the St. Mary‘s Hospice House in Bogart. Born in Madison County on January 27, 1927, he was the son of the late Hawkins H. and Chester Scarborough Conwell. He was owner and operator of Conwell’s Grocery for 30 years and was also owner of Conwell’s Garage Service. He ...
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JEFFERSON - Hugh Jones, 82, died on Saturday, June 25, 2011. He was the son of the late Emory L. and Bessie Smith Jones. He was the owner of Jones Used Auto Parts and Recycling in Jefferson for 60 years and was a member of Union Baptist Church. Mr. Jones was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Varnum. Survivors include his wife, Polly Neese ...
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An unidentified body was found in Little Mulberry Park off Fence Road in Auburn Sunday night, Gwinnett County Police Department reported. Officers were dispatched to the unincorporated area of Gwinnett County in Auburn just after 6 p.m. when a man who was hiking in the park with his son discovered the body in the area of a trail within the ...
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PENDERGRASS - John Willie “Johnny” Murphy, 66, died on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Mr. Murphy was born in Jackson County, a son to the late Oscar and Lela Ethel Morris Murphy. Mr. Murphy was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. His wife, Margaret Hicks Murphy, preceded him in death. Survivors include daughters, Angela Lee ...
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Augusta Cora Jenkins, 95, a native of Hull, died at Athens Heritage on Friday, June 24, 2011. A former teacher, Miss Jenkins was a lifelong champion of the importance of reading and of the virtues of her community in Madison County. Born in Madison County in 1915, Miss Jenkins was the first child of Alma Crawford Jenkins and James Vandiver ...
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